[WEB4LIB] News about Susan Calcari

[Roy Tennant]

Susan Calcari will be missed by many -- certainly by me. Those of us 
old and grey enough to remember the early days of the Internet (lo, 
those many years ago...) will remember that she was a pioneer. But 
more than that, she had staying power. While many projects that got 
an early start also saw an early demise (and they are legion), her 
Scout projects of various stripes kept on going, through the 
sponsorship of one source or another. We should all be happy to do 
half as well with the projects we start.

More than that, she was quite simply a nice person. After years of 
following her work, I finally got to meet her over dinner in Madison 
not long ago, at a meeting she was thoughtful enough to arrange. Our 
conversation ranged over many mutual interests, as well as her fight 
and how she was determined to win it.

We all have our visions, but she was one of the rare ones who knew 
how to put a foundation under hers. That the Scout Project is what it 
is today, and has been for many years (ancient history in Internet 
time), is to her everlasting credit.

She will be missed, and most certainly by me.
Roy

At 5:09 PM -0700 7/13/01, Drew, Bill wrote:
>This is on the Scout Report webpage:
>
>"The Internet Scout Project is sad to report that after a gallant battle
>with breast cancer, our founder and Executive Director, Susan Calcari,
>passed away on July 8, 2001. The project and the community at large deeply
>mourn her passing -- we will miss her vision, her sense of humor, and her
>leadership."
>
>Here is a website in her memory: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/susan.html.
>
>I got to know to Susan in the virutal world.  She was one one of the first
>to review Not Just Cows and several times encouraged me to keep it going
>over the years.  She will be missed.
>
>
>Wilfred (Bill) Drew
>Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
>SUNY Morrisville College Library
>E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
>BillDrew.Net: http://billdrew.net/
>Not Just Cows: http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/
>Library: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/
>Wireless Librarian: http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/
>Have Laptop -- Will Travel.
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